For the prelim task, our group had to make a sixty second
film that contained a character opening a door, walking through the room and
sitting down opposite another that they would have to have a conversation with.
It had to contain multiple shots; in particularly a shot reverse shot, which
had to follow the 180-degree rule.
The plot was of a man named David who had made a deal with
the mafia and needed to pay it back leading to his kidnapping. We used two
characters- David who spends his time in the clip tied to a chair, and a fierce
mafia member who was not to be laughed at.
I think our group clip was good as it had a plot that could
influence multiple camera angles and shots. For instance, we wanted to make it
mysterious about who the camera was watching which made us use shots such as
close ups of things like the villains feet walking through halls and wide shots
of him from behind so his face was not revealed. The villain was meant to be
feared so we used a low angle to create this feel.
Overall I think we have made a reasonable amount of progress
as we successfully included multiple shots and the key shot reverse shot that
was needed. We completed the task in the given time although it would have been
better if we were allowed a longer video.
